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Ransomware infects Ukraine energy ministry websiteHackers have taken Ukraine's energy ministry website offline, demanding a Bitcoin ransom to release encrypted files.
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This startup’s CEO wants to open-source self-driving car safety testingUber's fatal car crash last month continues to have repercussions, with self-driving taxi start-up Voyage announcing today that it will open-source its safety procedures, documents, and code in the hope of avoiding future deaths. "I had to spend time after [the Uber crash] calming people down, telling folks at our deployments that it was an isolated incident," says Voyage CEO Oliver Cameron in an exclusive interview with Ars Technica. "But the truth is that everyone in the industry is reinventing the technology and safety processes themselves, which is incredibly dangerous. Open source means more eyes, more diversity, and more feedback." Starting today, Voyage will begin to share safety requirements, test scenarios, metrics, tools, and code that it has developed for its own Level 4 self-driving taxis. Five Voyage cars are currently deployed carrying passengers within two retirement communities in California and Florida. Read 13 remaining paragraphs | Comments Categories: Industry & Technology
X marks the Notch, where smartmobe supercycles go to dieFlagship iPhone is being outsold by ancient models
Apple's £999 flagship iPhone X is being outsold by three-year-old models – providing further evidence that the 10th anniversary upgrade "supercycle" never happened.… Categories: Industry & Technology
The senior citizens taking on codingIn Singapore, senior citizens are learning how to code computer programs on training courses designed to modernise skills and keep older brains sharp.
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Icelandic bitcoin heist suspect arrested in Amsterdam after leaving prisonEnlarge (credit: Mingo Hagen / Flickr) An Icelandic man accused of being involved in the Nordic country’s "Big Bitcoin Heist" has been arrested in Amsterdam, after having reportedly walked out of a rural Icelandic prison recently. According to Rob van der Veen, a spokesman for the Dutch police, Sindri Thor Stefansson was arrested Sunday around 8pm local time. "[Stefansson] was arrested in the center of Amsterdam," van der Veen emailed Ars. "He's in custody, and the public prosecutor will have further contact with the Iceland authorities concerning the extradition." Read 8 remaining paragraphs | Comments Categories: Industry & Technology
Man who links Facebook and Cambridge Analytica faces questions - CNETWatch live: UK government officials grill Aleksandr Kogan, the man sold Facebook users' data to Cambridge Analytica.
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UK.gov demands urgent answers as TSB IT meltdown continues'Failure of in-branch services have all the hallmarks of an IT meltdown,' says Nicky Morgan
The government is demanding urgent answers over a botched systems upgrade at TSB that has locked out up to 1.9 million customers.… Categories: Industry & Technology
Ex-Nimble CEO grabs controls at microservices monitoring biz SysdigCan Suresh Vasudevan scale up and flog another startup?
Ex-Nimble top dog Suresh Vasudevan is the new president and CEO of container intelligence outfit Sysdig.… Categories: Industry & Technology
In not terrifying news at all, Google just keeps on growing: Revenue, profit, headcount upQ1 tax rate plunge, cost of traffic to feed ad machine jumps
Google's parent company Alphabet has notched up another quarter (PDF) of swollen sales for Q1 2018, revealing the outcome of investments like its stake in Uber.… Categories: Industry & Technology
Reg writer Richard went to the cupboard, seeking a Windows Phone...... When he got there, the cupboard was bare... Microsoft: No it's not. Whew!
Microsoft's US store appeared to have finally sold out of the Seattle software maker's relatively unloved mobile phone last week, but Redmond may yet find a few more hidden behind the sofa.… Categories: Industry & Technology
Vodafone rated worst mobile provider by Which? surveyThe mobile phone giant is ranked lowest for the seventh year in a row by consumer body Which?.
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Facebook now tells you exactly why it takes down posts - CNETThe social network is also expanding its appeals process around objectionable posts -- as Facebook tries to purge toxic content.
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2018 Husqvarna Vitpilen 401 and Svartpilen 401 Release Date, Price and Specs - RoadshowWith cool style and easy-to-ride dynamics, Sweden's latest entry-level bikes are perfect for folks looking to make the transition to two wheels.
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The Agile and the Continuous: Database Drift ... Neat film title but something to avoidDevs: Talk to your friendly neighbourhood DBA
In DevOps the talk is of development and operations, of continuous pipelines and agile updates, of rolling out builds. But it often overlooks something rather critical – the database.… Categories: Industry & Technology
Even Microsoft's lost interest in Windows Phone: Skype and Yammer apps killedUse iOS or Android, says Redmond, as telephony APIs sprout in Windows
Microsoft’s given users of its collaboration apps on Windows Phone under a month’s warning of their demise.… Categories: Industry & Technology
Vision Mercedes-Maybach Ultimate Luxury concept lands in Beijing with wild styling - RoadshowIt has the body of an SUV, but the rear end of a sedan. It's... unique.
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Scratch Earth-killer asteroid off your list of existential threatsNASA's fourth release of 'roid-hunting data finds a couple of comets, no dangerous rocks
Video NASA's fourth release of data from its NEOWISE asteroid-hunter may well come as a relief, as it's again failed to spot a rock worthy of Bruce Willis' attention.… Categories: Industry & Technology
Avengers: Infinity War reactions are in and it's 'jaw-dropping' and 'epic' - CNETMarvel's latest blockbuster isn't even in cinemas yet, but the early reactions are in (and people are blown away).
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Google made some poor soul run a crab gauntlet for Street View - CNETChristmas Island's annual crab migration is a beautiful natural wonder… but capturing it for Google Street View is a different matter altogether.
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Monkey can't sue to copyright protect selfie, court rules - CNETUS appeals court questions PETA's motivation in the case, calling a crested macaque monkey "an unwitting pawn."
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